2019 South Korean by-elections

The 2019 South Korean by-elections was held in South Korea on 3 April 2019. 2 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea were contested.[1][2]

2019 South Korean by-elections

3 April 2019

2 seats to the National Assembly
3 seats to the Municipal Council
Turnout51.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lee Hae-chan Hwang Kyo-ahn Sohn Hak-kyu
Party Democratic Liberty Korea Bareunmirae
Leader since 25 August 2018 27 February 2019 2 September 2018
Leader's seat Sejong - -
Last election 123 seats 122 seats 38 seats
Seats before 128 113 29
Seats won 128 114 29
Seat change - 1 -

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Chung Dong-young Lee Jeong-mi
Party Democracy and Peace Justice
Leader since 5 August 2018 11 July 2017
Leader's seat Jeolla Jeonju C List (Proportional representation)
Last election 6 seats
Seats before 14 5
Seats won 14 6
Seat change - 1

Reasons for by-elections

The following Members of National Assembly lost or resigned from their seats:

Results

Seat control

Seat Previous member Party Elected member Party
Changwon Seongsan Roh Hoe-chan Justice Yeo Yeong-gug Justice
Tongyeong-Goseong Lee Gun-hyeon Liberty Korea Jeong Jeom-sik Liberty Korea

Changwon Seongsan

By-election 2019: Changwon Seongsan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Justice Yeo Yeong-gug 42,663 45.75 -3.75
Liberty Korea Kang Ki-youn 42,159 45.21 +5.00
Minjung Son Seok-hyung 3,540 3.79 new
Bareunmirae Lee Jae-hwan 3,334 3.57 -4.71
Korean Patriots' Jin Soon-jung 838 0.89 new
Independent Kim Jong-seo 706 0.75 new
Rejected ballots 873
Turnout 94,113 51.17 -14.64
Registered electors 183,934
Justice hold Swing

Tongyeong-Goseong

By-election 2019: Tongyeong-Goseong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberty Korea Jeong Jeom-sik 47,082 59.47 -40.53
Democratic Yang Moon-seok 28,490 35.99 +35.99
Korean Patriots' Park Chung-jung 3,588 4.53 new
Rejected ballots 551
Turnout 79,711 51.18 +51.18
Registered electors 155,741
Liberty Korea hold Swing

References

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